CPM Announces Slayers Return and Nadesico Book 2

New York, NY (December 10, 2003) – Central Park Media announced the release of Slayers Return available on March 3, 2004 and the release of Nadesico Book 2 available on March 17, 2004. Both graphic novels will be priced at $9.99 SRP.

Slayers Return brings back Lina Inverse and her partner in crime, Na-Ga the White Serpent in laugh out loud new adventures. Kia Asamiya's Nadesico will continue to take readers on an amazing and mysterious adventure beyond the stars and the imagination. Nadesico Book 2 will be available in the popular smaller print format and at a reduced price.

Slayers Return
They've always been bitter rivals, but now Lina Inverse and Na-Ga the White Serpent must put aside their differences and join forces for a common goal, to save the world!

Nadesico Book 2
Writer and Artist: Kia Asamiya artist of Uncanny X-Men and Batman: Child of Dreams. While investigating a strange space anomaly, the Space Battleship Nadesico encounters a long-lost interstellar cruiser that mysteriously vanished many years ago. What bizarre connection binds these two ships?

Central Park Media has been a leading supplier of anime in the United States since 1990. The company currently manufactures and distributes three home entertainment lines, each offering anime product for a distinct and discriminating audience: U.S. Manga Corps, Central Park Media and Software Sculptors. With exclusive rights to hundreds of book, video and music products, the company has become a leader in integrated media, as well as a leading publisher of manga, the fastest growing category in the publishing business. In addition, the company also distributes a broad array of live action Japanese feature films under its Asia Pulp Cinema label. For high resolution, downloadable artwork and information, please visit CPM's electronic press kit at www.centralparkmedia.com./cpmdb/presskit.cfm

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